A Very English Scandal

It would be A Very English Scandal if Hugh Grant used to be the ex-lover of every one’s favorite openly gay actor Ben Wishaw.  BUT this is fiction and although it is based on real life, it’s not their story but that of the ‘straight’ married Liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe.  He was charged with … Continue reading

A Very English Scandal

  The political scandal of the 1970’s when Jeremy Thorpe the Leader of British Political Party went on trial for planning to kill his younger lover Norman Scott seems relatively tame compared to the outrageous shenanigans of today’s politicians.  However, at the time, it threatened the very existence of the Liberal Party that Thorpe had successfully transformed into … Continue reading

A Village Stroll with legendary cabaret artist DAVID HOYLE

  The queer performance artist David Hoyle is something of a legend on the London cabaret circuit. His performances are known to combine many disparate elements, from satirical comedy to painting, surrealism and even striptease, much of which is aggressive in nature.  Hoyle is a pioneer of alternative drag and as a fervent socialist he … Continue reading

A Welcome Sight to Art Lovers: Third Sex Takeover at the New Zealand pavilion at this Year’s Venice Biennale

  > The New Zealand pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale, running now through November at Arsenale, recreates a sun-drenched, lazy beach island setting to present Yuki Kihara’s Paradise Camp, introducing visitors to the Fa’afafine, Samoa’s “third gender” community. The Fa’afafine are people in Samoa who forages identify themselves as non-binary, a gender that is … Continue reading

Aaron Jay Young explores his queer male body

  L.A. photographer Aaron Jay Young has a whole diverse body of work that includes being the guy with the camera on the set of Ru Paul’s Drag Race TV Show to a portfolio of portraits and real estate photography.   However, this latest project is highly personal as it is a series of self-portraits that sets out the male … Continue reading

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